The Best and Quickest Baked Sweet Potatoes

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

3 sweet potatoes

1 tablespoon oil (avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil, or melted coconut oil)

salt

Directions

preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 400F.

cut sweet potatoes with knife

Cut the sweet potatoes in half, lengthwise, with a sharp knife. Place the potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet.

drizzle potatoes with oil

Drizzle the potatoes with one tablespoon of oil, then rub the oil on the flesh of each potato. Sprinkle each potato with just a pinch of salt.

flip potatoes flesh side down

Flip the potatoes over, flesh-side down on the baking sheet. Some oil will spill over on the sheet pan--that's normal and okay.

bake 30-35 minutes

Bake the sweet potatoes, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes, until the skins begin to look shriveled and soft. Remove the potatoes from the oven.

serve warm

The baked sweet potatoes should be slightly brown and caramelized on the top of the flesh and soft throughout the potato. Enjoy the potatoes warm (I love to add a tablespoon of butter and cinnamon, or see other ideas in the post above), or place them in an air-tight container in the fridge to enjoy later in the week.

Nutrition

• Calories: 76 kcal
• Total Fat: 2 g
• Sodium: 35 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 13 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 2 g
• Protein: 1 g